Ryne Resting in Paxson Checkpoint
Ryne continues to rest in Paxson Checkpoint. Her dogs and she are resting well after eating snacks. Ryne, of course, enjoyed a hamburger and fries and not frozen salmon.
Aliy Arrives in Meier’s Lake Checkpoint
Aliy arrived shortly behind Allen into the Meier’s Lake Checkpoint at 23:28 pm. She and the dogs are resting now. The dogs are looking frisky–Moxie and Fang are playing with their straw– before they settle down to sleep.
CB300 Allen and Aliy Interviews
Listen to Allen and Aliy as they discuss their race preparations before the start, and their hopes for this race.
CB300 2012 Ryne Starting out from Chistochina
Ryne headed out of the starting line and on to the trail at Chistochina. (video quality is low to speed up uploading and downloading)
CB300 Start–Handler Introduction
Here are some video clips of the Copper Basin 300 Start from earlier today. Enjoy!
Allen Arrives in Meier’s Lake
Allen arrived at Meier’s Lake Checkpoint at 22:48 pm tonight. Dogs are running well and had a quick run over the lake. They are enjoying their snacks at the moment. They are resting up for the next section of trail which has several steep climbs and sharp descents. We expect … Read More
Aliy and Allen leave paxson
Allen and Aliy left paxson to continue their journey to Meier lake. Allen left at 9:00pm with Quito and scout in lead. Aliy left at 9:22pm with Beemer and dingle in lead. Ryne is resting her team and will head out later.
Paxson Checkpoint updates
Both the Red and the Black teams are in to the Paxson checkpoint. Allen came in second only a minute or two behind the first musher. Aliy was the 4th musher into the checkpoint. She came in 22 minutes behind Allen. The dogs are running strong and tails were wagging … Read More
CB300 UPDATE — ALLEN’S IN!!!!!
Allen just rolled into Paxson at 6:29 pm Alaska time. He’s the first of the mushers into the Paxson checkpoint. We are eagerly awaiting Aliy who can’t be far behind!! We’ll post pictures and musher updates about the trail when they all get in and resting at the lodge.
Copper Basin 300 2012 Start photos
Here are some of the first photos of the race start this afternoon. We are working on some video clips as well, to post throughout the day. We’ll try to get these up from Paxson lodge (Fingers crossed!) We’ll continue with race coverage throughout the next few days as well. … Read More